Basset Camps and busy days

Hello everyone! We hope you and your families are well, and enjoying the summer so far! If you have children, you'll be starting the yearly 6 week holiday hell/heaven (delete as appropriate)! We hope the summer weather will be kind to us this year, and if you are lucky enough to be going away, then have a wonderful time. Here's a little round up of our news.

Basset Camp 2015

Last Friday, some of us were lucky enough to travel to Malmesbury to go to Mr Wayne's Basset Camp! Here's a nice little write up from Bessie Morgan, aided by her typist, Sam Morgan.

"11 bassets and their humans would like to say a huge thank you to the wonderful lady...what's her name? I need to ask Mr Wayne....from Burton Hill Campsite in Malmesbury for putting up with us all weekend. Malmesbury is a beautiful place, very old and well kept. You can tell the residents have real pride in their hometown. And Burton Hill campsite is a great place to go camping. It's dog friendly, very clean and tidy with loads of space to play.

Chef Mr Wayne kept all the bellies full with his trusty stove all weekend. We went to a dog friendly pub with a paddling pool and trampoline. We visited the local cake shop and made friends with a lovely elderly gentleman who told us all the local gossip.

On Saturday, Mark and May came to visit and Mark cooked the most magnificent barbeque we ever tasted.

We are hoping that Wayne is busy sourcing more campgrounds for us so we can have many more Basset Camps in the future!

Handsome Hugo

Our beautiful foster dog Hugo is still awaiting his perfect home. Unfortunately, his adoption fell through at the last minute, but we know that everything happens for a reason, and his perfect home is still out there, waiting. IT COULD BE YOU!! Please follow the link to his blog to find out more about him.

Hilda too, is still awaiting her new home, she is still with her owner, but really needs to find a space to call her own. She is such a gorgeous thing, and being a basset/cocker cross we are hoping she doesn't get overlooked. Please re read her blog if you are interested in an energetic bundle of fun!

I am delighted to be able to share with you a picture of our lovely Daisy's back. If you remember, she couldn't have the spay done under anaesthetic, as it would be too risky with her heart, however they were able to take the huge sore off her back under local anaesthetic. She has made a wonderful recovery, here are some pictures of before and after.

This was the sore when we picked her up, it did get better but over the last few months it had started to grow and bleed quite a bit, so it was much bigger than this picture.

This picture was taken the day after the surgery.

And this one a week later, she now has all the clips out and looks amazing. She's coming up to visit this weekend, so I hope to get lots of pictures of her that I can share with you all.

We would like to say a BIG thank you to all of you who support us through various fundraising events, as we couldn't possibly look after Daisy and Sasha, or indeed any of the other dogs that come into our care. A big thank you also goes to our monthly donators, and a massive thank you to Kim Winstone...Daisy's plight started off her most wonderful Facebook page, Eazyshows, where you can upload a picture into a class and win wonderful rosettes! All proceeds go into Daisy's fund. We really do appreciate you Kim, and Daisy would give you a massive slobber if she knew how much you've done. Last month, Kim donated £50 into Daisy's fund, which went a long way into paying her surgery bills. Anyone can join Eazyshows, so you can help by having fun! Just follow the link below!

Please be aware that the four of us over the next few weeks will be taking some time away with the families (just so they know we do love them too!) and so there may be a delay in someone responding to you, if you email or send a message. We are around, but will be on a skeleton staff at certain times, so please bear this in mind if you are getting in touch, we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Here's a feelgood tale to finish off with, Remy the Basset Hound falls out of a third floor window and survives! Happy holidays everyone!

A Few Of Our Success Stories

Winnie

Snoopy

Sandy

Pippa

Pheobe

Murdoch

Lady

Harvey

Buckley

Without BRNGB I would not now be proudly owned by the delightful Cooper. I was already owned by Lizzie & Dylan beagle and our old cocker Pip, but Cooper introduce me to the wonderful world that is bassets. He is a delight to have, and I believe you could not be sad for long with a basset. BRNGB were lovely during the adoption process, and although I have not experienced any problems I couldn't manage with Cooper, I have always felt I had a whole lot of support if I needed it.

Sue Black

BRNGB are an outstanding charity run by some of the most amazing people you'll ever meet. I cannot thank Lou and Sam enough for all their constant support and reassurance. The support we receive from the network of followers is incredible. We are just two weeks into having our new boy Alfie and its safe to say that he has fit in so well. Despite his little complications and initial struggles with moving from home to home, he is slowly settling in and has made a companion for life with our other boy Chester. Every bit of progress has been made possible because of the support we've received and continue to receive from BRNGB..

Harriet Bowers

Rufus joined us 5 weeks through this fantastic network , having explained my situation that I had 9 year old bassett who had recently lost his beloved berty who was 14 , he needed a companion , rufus is a match made in heaven , from the first call from sam to the transporting of rufus from somerset to sunderland , everything was so well organised , they are a fantastic team , very helpful and friendly , thank u too you all xxxx

Wendy Ventress

We've not been able to rescue a basset full time, but we have helped Norra and Albert as fosters and seen them to their forever homes. It's been so rewarding. We hope to continue to help as much as possible. I know that the donations I send are used directly to help out bassets around the UK so am more than happy to do this. The team at BRNGB are amazing. Helpful, kind, go above and beyond, so experienced and have a wealth of knowledge and advice that they are more than happy to share. They have made soooo many houndies, their forever hoomans and their little helpers along their journey's happy beings

Debs Irwin

After losing our dear Henry (basset) last august at the dear old age of fourteen, we felt so lost, we knew that we had to get another one !. A friend suggested a rescue basset ,and we are so very glad we did !!, We have now had dear Basil for almost four months now, ( thanks to this lovely group and Louise ! ) we had to travel a long way to get him though but he is so worth it !!. Basil is just over a year old and did have a couple of issues, separation anxiety was a bit of a challenge but we worked through it and got a lot of advice , he has now got over this !!, we really wouldn't be without him !!